Another day. . .

Not much is happening new/different from my last post. I mean things are still going well with my "baby boy" (shout out to Jendi. . .I like that phrase, I think I'll use it). I mean things are still going GREAT. Progressing every day, every week . . . so we'll see. It's hard though. I mean just last night, he said to me. . .let's do dinner tomorrow. . .my response was. . . don't you have to do something at church? Simple right. No big deal. . . but it was a big deal. One of my friend's husbands told me a while ago and more recently that me and his wife (my dear line sister) are just alike. When asked a question, we answer the question with a question. And men are simple, don't want a lot of details, and don't necessarily want to be hounded with a lot of questions. But to me, I just wanted clarification. Is anything wrong with that. . . I mean gosh. We didn't have an argument but I did sense a little frustration on his part. His response. . . I got this. . .my bad dude. . .do what you do. I'll just take my free dinner date!!! Shoot, I like to eat out ANYWAY! LOL!
Work is going well. There are still some changes within the dept and one of them may be a position for me. . .I'll keep ya posted.
So I started my FAT SMASH, COLON CLEANSE, 10lb weight loss goal officially today. I'm doing a combination of things to "jump start" or kick through this plateau. I mean when I set the 10 lb goal, coincidentally, when I got on the scale the next day I was already down 4 from where I thought I was. . . so does that count. I mean yes last week was Thanksigiving. But I didn't pig out, I never do, I mean I didn't exercise either but I think I'm still cool. I am doing a colon cleanse to help a little bit. Not one of those super duper ones where you see floating things/bugs/nasty stuff. . .just a simple one .. .it's mostly fiber and senna. And while I haven't been "going" all day long, I feel it working. Flatulence is off the hook (if you really wanted to know). So I'll be doing the 9 day Detox of the Fat Smash diet & the colon cleanse until Tuesday of next week. Wish me luck, I hope I can make it. I can usually do well during the week, it's the weekends that kill me. But if I mess up too bad, my exercise regimen should help out a bit. I"ll let you know how it goes!
Tonight though I'm going to have to get a salad. I"m not really one of those who do the salad thing to be cute. . .but hey I gotta try to stick to my guns!!!!

8 Weeks - 10 lbs????

Okay so exactly 8 weeks to the day I'll be on a cruise with some other fly sistas. And while my exercise/weight loss regimen is working. I wanna up the ante for myself. Scientific research shows that on average a person can lose ~2 lbs per week healthily. So 10 lbs in 8 weeks takes 2 major food holidays into consideration. And honestly the holidays have never really been a big issue for me b/c I'm not a big soul food eater. I mean I'll dabble . . . but I don't particularly look forward to the dry turkey, stuffing, etc. I mean don't get me wrong when I had Tgiving dinner w/ my girl from New Orleans she took things to a whole 'nother level. But I have been able to maintain and honestly lose during the holiday season.
So I went to Talbots the other day b/c it was an outlet store and I wanted to see if they had some work slacks that I could consider taking home. But instead I saw a couple of skirts. So I tried to play the. . .let's see what fits game. . . I took in a size 10 and a size 12. Now people let's take into consideration that I don't remember the last time I've EVER tried on a size 10 w/ a str8 face. So I tried it one. . .over the thighs, over the stomach. . . huh.. . go figure. I could rock this. . .probably not 'comfortably' as I'd like but I could if it was the last one in the store. So that's triggered my motivation. I would love to say that I'm a size 10 or even a size 8. (If I'm down to a size 8 just go ahead and start rolling your eyes b/c you won't be able to tell me nutin' and that's WORD). But I was really happy and have a renewed motivation. So much that I went to the gym at my apt complex and did 30 min on the elliptical. I mean I will be "spinning" tomorrow. . .but this is gonna be a short week. And not to mention my spinning instructor told me to try adding ~30 min of cardio prior to the class. . . now that's committment b/c that adds time to my schedule. But for 8 weeks I can give it a try.
So my fellow avid blog readers. . .wish me luck. The last time I lost 10 lbs in a month was about 2 years ago and I wrote down EVERYTHING that I ate and counted every calorie religiously. So it's completely doable. I'll tell my sweetie my goal. He'll probably be all over me about it. . .it's all about accountability. So if I get my 2 readers, him, my spinning instructor involved. . .something should happen right. (So maybe I should hold off on getting those pants altered. . .just in case ;)

Time Flies. . .

So it's been a minute. . . a new month. So it's time for me to say suntin'.
Things are going quite well in the QC. My job is going great. I've gotten excellent feedback from my supervisors, directors, etc. Which is always a good thing.
I'm about to renew my lease for 6 more months. I'm not really in the mood to go "househunting" again. I feel like I just moved. Even though I didn't have to pack a thing when I moved out here but still. . . it takes mental stamina.
Things with Mr. Man are going great. I'm happy to report. I think that's a contributing factor for things going well in the QC. He actually lives in a suburb of Charlotte so we don't get to see each other every second of every free minute that we have. Which is a good thing? (Makes the heart grow fonder) But it does infringe on my phone time. I mean back in the day I would sit on the phone listening to you breathe all night long. But now I'm like you're tired, cool, me too. . .holla at me tomorrow. No harm no foul. I'm mean I'm all for a good quality conversation. It's partly b/c of my job. I'm regularly paged or called for something. So the ringing of the phone gets on my last nerve. Tonight I met his daughter (his new puppy. . .lol). We bonded in case you were wondering. I think she gave her stamp of approval. Next comes the fam. Whew it's a lot. It's a different scenario now that I'm back in NC. I mean while in STL a man could technically hide out from my friends and family for a good 6 mos to a year. But both sides are asking questions and both sides are like aight. . .bring 'em out bring 'em out! I'll let you know.
Tomorrow is my BFF from HS's wedding/cruise/weekend. We're supposed to go to the Bahamas. But with all this hurricane madness who knows where we'll stop. Oh well. I've got my books, my bible, my journal, my IPOD, and my sunglasses. . .so I'm ready to relax. Shoot we could stay on the boat for the entire 3 days . . .as long as I can relax and have some good ol' chill time. I'm cool!
Tootles!